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It is embarrassing and unmanly; Im such a dickhead).
The fact that all the Russian nobility speak with a crisp English accent gives me life.
They are living theirEver Afterfantasy and having a great time with it.
(Remember how Drew Barrymore was in France in that movie?)
The girls horrified reaction is a brief nod to Catherines not-great childhood, but then we are off!
Who cares about Catherines beginnings!
The real goal is to get her to the Russian court so we can get things moving.
Catherine arrives at court and meets Peter (played by Nicholas Hoult, also fromThe Favourite).
Peter tells Catherine she is shorter than he thought and also smells funny.
She shows him an evergreen cutting she brought to symbolize her hopes for their relationship.
He then introduces her to his mother, who is a mummified corpse in a glass case.
THIS is the content I am here for.
I have so many questions!
I am also immediately worried about what will happen to it, becausethe past is horrible.
This interpretation will prove to be incorrect.
Who does she tell it to though?
Lets meet Marial, i.e., one of the best characters.
Marial is a maid/lady-in-waiting/someone servile whose humor is very dry and very practical, and I love her.
She serves Catherine and is the worldly friend we all need when we are still in our Pollyanna stage.
Peter comes in, bangs her while talking to his friend about ducks, then waves good-bye.
Which is a good point.
One thingThe Greatpreserves about Catherine is her intense love of learning.
Instead, Peter orders her to jump into a three-way with him and another lady of the court.
When she brings up revolutionary ideas in France, Peter says he, too, has instituted change.
Beards are now banned for men under 50.
She asks if she can fund a small school and he agrees.
Which brings me to the weird fact that Peter is charming in ahorribleway.
Which, now that I think about it, sounds like the way a sociopath behaves.
Peter shoots Catherines bear at a party and she slaps him.
She runs off to the library and he finds her there.
What happened to that happy little girl who gave me a twig?
Just giving you a lesson on how things work here.
She asks if the bear Catherine embraced in her dream could have been Russia.
It definitely was!)
Catherine looks determinedly at the camera and whispers Huzzah.
I am ready for it.
